Jiang'an District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban

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of the

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, the capital of

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. Jiang'an District is located on the

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's left (northwestern) shore, and includes the northeastern half of the former

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city (northeast, i.e. downstream, of Jianghan Rd.). On the left bank of the Yangtze, it borders

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to the north, Jianghan to the southwest, and Dongxihu to the west; on the opposite bank it borders

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, and Qingshan.

History

The American

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included Jiang Yanchun (), a 46 year old native of

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, in their Political Prisoner Database from November 5, 2017. Jiang was a

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who was contesting demolition and resettlement in Jiang'an District when she was detained in

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at around 4 PM on Sunday, November 13, 2016 for disrupting order in the

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area. She was returned to Wuhan on November 14, 2016 where she was detained for ten days and then detained again for most of December for "

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", which was seen as an

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. She was released on bail on December 29, 2016.

Administrative divisions

Jiang'an District administers 16

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and 1

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: * (大智街道) * Yiyuan Subdistrict * (车站街道) * (四唯街道) * (永清街道) * (西马街道) * (球场街道) * (劳动街道) * (二七街道) * (新村街道) * (丹水池街道) * (台北街道) * (花桥街道) * (谌家矶街道) * (后湖街道) * (塔子湖街道) * (百步亭花园社区)

References

External links

Jiang'an District official site
Geography of Wuhan County-level divisions of Hubei {{Hubei-geo-stub